Title :
Redesigning active and passive microring resonators
Author :
Poon, Joyce K. S. ; Sacher, Wesley D. ; Mikkelsen, Jared C. ; Jayatilleka, Hasitha ; Green, William M. J. ; Assefa, Solomon ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Huapu Pan ; Shank, Steven M. ; Vlasov, Yurii ; Bojko, Richard J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Even after decades of investigation, microring resonator devices remain mostly in the realm of research. Reconsiderations of microring designs lead to improved fabrication tolerance, modulation performance, and functionality, paving the path toward practical implementations.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical resonators; active microring resonators; fabrication tolerance; functionality; microring designs; microring resonator devices; modulation performance; passive microring resonators; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; integrated optics; modulators; optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656514